QUADRUPEDS: What They Are and Where Found. A BOOK OF ZOOLOGY FOR BOYS
by Reid, Captain Mayne
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paternoster Row, London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1867. Decorative Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Harvey, William. Beautifully Illustrated Nature Study with full page B&W engraved Illustrations by William harvey. Frontis Page Illustrates Hippopotamus, Rhinoceros & Tapir. Green cloth cover with fine gilt decorative border to front & spine. Gilt central design with title on front and gilt Illustration of a goat, and gilt lettering to spine. Beveled Edges. 6 5/8" Tall. Previous owner's name on corner of ffep. A little fading to cover (see photo). Hinges sound, binding firm, pages clean. Size: 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall
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- Bookseller
- Cornish Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007400
- Title
- QUADRUPEDS: What They Are and Where Found. A BOOK OF ZOOLOGY FOR BOYS
- Author
- Reid, Captain Mayne
- Illustrator
- Harvey, William
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- T. Nelson and Sons
- Place of Publication
- Paternoster Row, London
- Date Published
- 1867
- Keywords
- ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS/CHILDREN'S NON FICTION/NATURE/ILLUSTRATED BOOKS/ZOOLOGY/ANIMALS/MAMMALS
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Penzance, Cornwall
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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